Quote Originally Posted by Avlvs Libvrnivs Britannicvs Maximvs
Also, in my opinion, settlement income should be set to 0 (no taxes or trade) till a PMG or proper government is built. How can a settlement participate in trade without any proper organisation? The military can't do that (correct me should I be wrong). This could be done by having the government marker incur a major penalty to trade / taxes. This could then be reversed by the PGN followed by bonus' given by governments setting the bonus to normal. This would stop people from exploiting the government system by building no governments (or any buildings) in the settlement just so that they can get some money.
I don't agree, just because someone conquers a settlement doesn't mean all hell breaks lose until a new government is built. Trade would continue unless the conquerers didn't allow it. Of course It would be hard to tax without a government, but this is already represented in the game because usually you have to lower taxes in newly conquered regions to avoid riots.